The SEI helps advance software engineering principles and practices and serves as a national resource in software engineering, computer security, and process improvement. The SEI works closely with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to continually improve software-intensive systems. Its core purpose is to help organizations improve their software engineering capabilities and develop or acquire the right software, defect free, within budget and on time, every time.

Staff Profile

Rhonda Brown

Member of the Technical Staff

Key Responsibilities

Rhonda Brown assists in the execution of research activities by providing specialized support for the Software Engineering Measurement & Analysis team, to meet technical challenges of the research projects with problem-solving/programming expertise.

Rhonda has provided guidance in the following areas:
- Software development practices
- Processes that address configuration management and release processes
- Establishment of configuration management (CM) plans and infrastructure
- Identifying areas where quality assurance activities can be applied

Professional Background

Rhonda Brown joined the SEI in 2004 following 15 years in industry as a software engineer where she developed microprocessor-based embedded system software for nuclear power plant instrumentation and control projects and real-time software for nuclear power plant simulators used in operator training.

Professional Memberships

Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)

Education

MBA, A. J. Palumbo Graduate School of Business Administration, Duquesne University